Job Description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will ensure food safety and quality of all products produced in the plant. You will ensure specifications are defined and communicated. You will perform inspections of processes, employee training, compliance with applicable food laws and regulations and maintain plant HACCP plans to regulatory compliance. You will determine best lab practices and provide guidance and adherence to quality policies, participate in resolving customer complaints and will play an important role as part of the plant leadership team.

Position Responsibilities

* Comply with all company safety procedures and complying with all OSHA rules and regulations
* Ensure all plant personnel follow good manufacturing practices (GMP) including proper waste disposal, personal hygiene and personal practices.
* Present to all employees a complete orientation process which provides training in the Key Concepts of Food Safety and Quality
* Work with Operations and Maintenance to promote Food Safety and Quality ownership to the floor
* Manage plant timelines and important milestones for the Food safety and Quality Improvement Plan and other food safety/quality metrics (ie. Complaint reduction, quality incident reduction, and quality index scores)
* Analyze and communicate quality and food safety issues (consumer complaints) and initiate applicable corrective measures
* Ensure compliance to all applicable regulatory agency requirements ( USDA, FDA, CFIA)
* Maintain quality programs. i.e., HACCP to regulatory and company requirements; maintain SQF certification; specifications for raw and finished materials; recall program; environmental monitoring program; and comprehensive pest control program.
* Develop corrective action when Food Safety or Quality deficiency is identified.
* Be the liaison for all technical and QC issues between operations, RQI, and sales/marketing departments
* Provide corporate with quality assurance assistance involving vendor issues, both improvements and corrective measures
* Oversee product quality with regards new product implementation and introduction into market and ensure use of applicable MOPD and CQV tools.
* FS&Q pillar owner for Conagra Performance System
* Use continuous improvement tools (UPS, quality index) to identify opportunity and development improvement plans.

Position Qualifications

* Bachelors Degree
* 3+ years experience
* Experience analyzing common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
* Experience responding to inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
* Proficient in mathematics (frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis; formalize process capability, institutionalizing process control and predictive quality process)
* Skills in monitoring and measurement of process control, auditing, manufacturing of food products, sanitation process, knowledge of HACCP, SSOP regulations, skills in team leadership, and root cause analysis

Our Benefits

* Comprehensive healthcare plans
* PTO and family leave
* Retirement plans
* 401k

About Us

Conagra Brands has the most energized, highest-impact culture in food. Our people persistently challenge and disrupt marketplace/business conventions and we are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. Conagra Brands, be part of building something BIG.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

* Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
* Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
* Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
* Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team thats passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.